My ds just turned 2. He barely eats anything good for him. He won't try anything (even things he has had before and liked.) He has had somewhat of a limited diet because I have severe food allergies. He only eats certain veggies and apples. What can I do? This is crazy! Thanks.

Offer ONLY healthy foods that YOU WANT him to eat, so there is no way what-so-ever that he is filling up on the not so good foods.

He will eat when he is hungry enough, and remember that their tummies are so small. They don't need much to fill them up. And some kids eat a lot one day and nothing the next. This is normal and healthy.

and their might be only 4 or 5 things he is willing to eat right now. just be sure that the few things he eats are good for him and eventually you wil be able to get new things on his list...one by one...slowly.

i think you have a better chance of getting him to try something new if you just put it on his plate and don't make a big deal about it. let him know he can eat it or not and that it doesn't matter to you. children often need to be offered new food at least 3 times BEFORE they will try it.

Offer ONLY healthy foods that YOU WANT him to eat, so there is no way what-so-ever that he is filling up on the not so good foods.

He will eat when he is hungry enough, and remember that their tummies are so small. They don't need much to fill them up. And some kids eat a lot one day and nothing the next. This is normal and healthy.

Don't let meal time become a battle field.

Yeah all that.
And just keep modeling good eating (save your own treats for when he is asleep or something, LOL).

Offer ONLY healthy foods that YOU WANT him to eat, so there is no way what-so-ever that he is filling up on the not so good foods.

He will eat when he is hungry enough, and remember that their tummies are so small. They don't need much to fill them up. And some kids eat a lot one day and nothing the next. This is normal and healthy.

I have a very picky 3-1/2 year old. But unlike most toddlers who started out eating and/or trying everything that was fed to them, he has NEVER been like that. Even as a baby, he refused baby foods, refused to feed himself fruit/veggies/meats/pastas, etc. The only thing he would ever eat, ever, was carbs, dairy, an occasional banana, and an occasional hot dog. I've refused to feed him other things for days, and it doesn't help. All it does for us is create a horribly hungry and cranky boy. But for us, I am convinced he has more of an issue with food, going beyond normal toddler pickiness. I honestly haven't yet decided what to do about it, if anything.

Probably NOT what's going on with your little one, but I just wanted to throw that out there, too.

I haven't read through all the posts, but how I got my kid to bananas and grapes... or any food really, I would over exaggerate how good they were as I ate them. OOOH YUMMY, SO YUM! mmm... probably sounds ridiculous, but it certainly worked for my kid. Ranch always made carrots, cucumbers, green peppers, and red peppers very yummy in the summer time (I can't stand carrots, so just buy them for dd). We also tend to eat whatever is in season.

My daughter just turned 1, and I'm trying to offer her a wide variety of foods just so that we don't have to deal with introducing many new foods when she's older and likely to reject them. Not sure if it's going to work, but we'll see...

Good luck with your DS - I'm sure he's getting enough nutrition, even if it seems like he's not. You could always give him a multivitamin each day to help out.